Hofstra University School of Law

Hofstra University School of Law
Hofstra University School of Law
Established	1970
Type	Private
Dean	Nora V. Demleitner
Location	Hempstead, New York, USA
Campus	Suburban, 240 acres (1.0 km²)
Website	law.hofstra.edu

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Hofstra Law School at Hofstra University is located in Hempstead, New York. Founded in 1970 and accredited by the ABA in 1971, the school offers a JD, a joint JD/MBA degree, a JD/MS in Taxation and LL.M degrees in International Law, American Law (for foreign law graduates) and Family law. The school has also recently initiated a part-time JD program. Hofstra Law School is located on the southern portion of the 240 acre Hofstra University campus, in Hempstead, NY.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Employment

For those members of the Class of 2007 who reported employment status to the University, 79% were employed in the private sector (law firms and business) and approximately 18% were employed in the public sector.

[edit] Salary Range

For those members of the Class of 2007 who reported both employment status and salary data to the Law School, the salary ranges were as follows:

75th percentile salary for full-time employment in the private sector: $160,000
25th percentile salary for full-time employment in the private sector: $73,000
Median starting salary for full-time employment in the public sector: $49,500

[edit] National Ranking

Hofstra Law School ranks at #100 in the nation in the 2010 US News annual rankings.

[edit] Law Journals at Hofstra

[edit] Hofstra Law Review

The Hofstra Law Review is the flagship journal of Hofstra University School of Law. Since the inaugural issue in 1973, the Hofstra Law Review has earned and maintained a reputation as a professional and well-regarded journal. Currently in its 37th volume, the Hofstra Law Review is published quarterly.

[edit] Hofstra Labor and Employment Law Journal

A scholarly journal published two times a year discussing cases and developments in the field of Labor and Employment Law.

[edit] Family Court Review

The Family Court Review is an interdisciplinary family law journal.

[edit] The Journal of International Business and Law (JIBL)

The Journal of International Business and Law is a student-run scholarly publication affiliated with Hofstra Law School and the Frank G. Zarb School of Business. Currently in its 10th year, the Journal publishes professional articles from business leaders, academics and practicing attorneys as well as student notes.

[edit] Curriculum

Kushner Hall

Hofstra's School of Law is on a semester system, encompassing a fall and spring semester, with a three week winter break during which several intensive skills programs are taught and a study abroad program is offered in Curaçao. The school also holds a summer session during which several classes are offered for students, along with a number of study abroad opportunities.

Since its founding, Hofstra School of Law has had an exceptional program in trial advocacy skills. It is the home of numerous programs run by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, the leading provider of advanced advocacy training for practicing lawyers. In the belief that most law schools do not teach transactional skills effectively, Hofstra Law School has recently expanded its skills training into the business and corporate arena, developing a series of rigorous transactional skills offerings.

Other areas of particular strength: International Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Real Estate.

The student-run organization Unemployment Action Center has a chapter at Hofstra Law.

One of the first schools in the United States to offer clinical education to students, Hofstra Law School now offers students seven client representation clinics, as well as practical experience through a large number of pro bono and externship programs.[1]

Deane Law Library

[edit] Concentrations

Hofstra School of Law offers concentration in 15 areas of study:

Child and Family Advocacy
Civil Litigation
Corporate & Commercial Law
Constitutional Law
Consumer Law
Corporate and Securities Law
Criminal Law and Procedure
Energy and the Environment
Family Law
Health Law
Intellectual Property Law
International and Comparative Law
Labor and Employment Law
Real Estate
Taxation

[edit] Facilities

The School of Law is housed in the original building opened in the 1970's upon the school's inception, although it has undergone several extensive renovations since that time. The lower floors of Kushner Hall are home to the law school's two level Barbara and Maurice A. Deane Law Library. The law building also contains a Moot Courtroom. Access to wireless internet can be found throughout the building as well as its immediate exterior.

In the early 1990s, the school added a new building, Joan Axinn Hall, to house its growing clinical programs and the Office of Career Services, and it expanded into neighboring Roosevelt Hall in 2006-07, with new space for its four student-run journals and other student organizations.

[edit] Faculty

As of 2009, Hofstra Law has 50 full-time faculty members.

Dean Nora Demleitner teaches and has written widely in the areas of criminal, comparative, and immigration law. Her special expertise is in sentencing and collateral sentencing consequences.
Alafair Burke, daughter of author James Lee Burke, has published several acclaimed legal thrillers and crime novels.
Monroe Freedman, former Dean of the School of Law, is well known for his treatises in legal ethics. He was called "a pioneer in the field of legal ethics" by The New York Times and praised by the Washingtonian as "one of [the District of Columbia's] most highly regarded constitutional lawyers." Professor Freedman has also received the American Bar Association's highest award for professionalism.
Eric M. Freedman, author of Rethinking the Great Writ, is renowned for his expertise in death penalty and habeas corpus law. He has served as a consultant on many of the Guantanamo prisoner cases.
Leon Friedman, noted First Amendment and Constitutional Law scholar, also known for representing numerous high-profile clients, including Ruben "Hurricane" Carter.
Alan N. Resnick, a long-time member of the Federal Bankruptcy Rules Committee and editor-in-chief of Collier's on Bankruptcy, the leading authority in the field.
Baruch Bush, author of The Promise of Mediation and founder of the movement for transformative mediation.

[edit] Full Time Faculty

Miriam R. Albert Clinical Professor of Law

B.A., Tufts University J.D., Emory University M.B.A., Emory University LL.M., New York University Professor Albert teaches contracts, business organizations, business planning and business drafting. Professor Albert joined Hofstra in the fall of 2004, with practice experience as a corporate and securities attorney and teaching experience at law and business schools.

Barbara S. Barron Professor of Legal Writing

B.A., State University of New York at Albany M.A., Columbia University J.D., Hofstra University School of Law Professor Barron, a former assistant district attorney in the District Attorney's Office for New York County, has practiced extensively in the areas of commercial and matrimonial litigation on both the trial and appellate levels. Before attending law school, Professor Barron was a Russian linguist with the Department of Defense.

Aiesha Battle Assistant Professor of Legal Writing and Research

B.A., Florida A&M University J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Battle joins the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Legal Writing and Research. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Florida A&M University (B.A. 2000) and earned her law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 2003).

Hillary Burgess Assistant Professor of Academic Support

B.A., University of Chicago J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill Hillary Burgess joined Hofstra School of Law as Assistant Professor of Academic Support. Before joining Hofstra, Professor Burgess taught Alternative Dispute Resolution at Rutgers School of Law - Camden.

Alafair Burke Professor of Law

B.A., Reed College J.D., Stanford University Professor Burke teaches criminal law and criminal procedure subjects. Her research intersects criminal law and procedure and focuses on policing and prosecutorial policies.

Robert A. Baruch Bush Harry H. Rains Distinguished Professor of Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Settlement Law

B.A., Harvard University J.D., Stanford University Professor Bush's primary scholarly and teaching interests are in the areas of mediation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). He is one of the originators of the transformative approach to mediation, as explained in his best-selling book, The Promise of Mediation (1994, 2d ed. 2005), which has been called one of the most influential works on mediation in the last decade.

I. Bennett Capers Associate Professor of Law

B.A., Princeton University J.D., Columbia University School of Law Professor Capers graduated from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in literature from Princeton University. Following law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge John S. Martin, Jr., in the Southern District of New York before joining the Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York.

Robin Charlow Professor of Law

A.B., Vassar College J.D., Cornell University Professor Charlow graduated with honors from both Vassar College and Cornell Law School and is a member of the Order of the Coif. She teaches, writes and lectures primarily in the areas of constitutional and criminal law, with scholarly articles appearing in the Stanford, Cornell, and Texas Law Reviews and numerous media appearances.

J. Scott Colesanti Assistant Professor of Legal Writing and Research

B.A. Adelphi University J.D. Fordham University School of Law LL.M. New York University School of Law J. Scott Colesanti has been an attorney for 20 years, having worked as Trial Counsel for the New York Stock Exchange and within its Office of the General Counsel. Professor Colesanti has handled appeals before the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York State Division of Human Rights, and the Social Security Administration.

Ronald J. Colombo Associate Professor of Law

B.S., Cornell University J.D., New York University School of Law Professor Colombo joined the Hofstra University School of Law faculty in the Fall of 2006. He teaches courses in corporate, securities, and contract law.

Nora V. Demleitner Dean and Professor of Law

B.A., Bates College J.D., Yale University LL.M., Georgetown University Nora V. Demleitner is dean and professor of law at Hofstra University School of Law. Professor Demleitner received her J.D. from Yale Law School, her B.A. from Bates College, and an LL.M. with distinction in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law Center.

J. Herbie DiFonzo Professor of Law

B.S., St. Joseph's College J.D., M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia Professor DiFonzo’s interests include family law, civil procedure, juvenile justice, comparative law, and legal history. Following law school graduation, he was selected to serve as an Attorney General’s Honors Law Graduate at the United States Department of Justice.

Janet L. Dolgin Jack and Freda Dicker Distinguished Professor of Health Care Law and Director of Health Law Studies

B.A., Barnard College M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University J.D., Yale University Professor Dolgin has a B.A. in philosophy from Barnard College, a Ph.D. in anthropology from Princeton University, and a J.D. from the Yale Law School. Her scholarly work combines insights from anthropology and legal scholarship.

Akilah N. Folami Associate Professor of Law

B.A., Spelman College J.D., Columbia Law School Professor Folami began her legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Constance Baker Motley of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She then went on to practice as an associate in the litigation department at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP in New York and then practiced in the technology transaction group of Morrison & Foerster’s New York office.

Eric M. Freedman Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law

B.A., J.D., Yale University M.A., Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) Professor Freedman has two primary areas of academic interest. One of them being constitutional law and history, with a special emphasis on the history of the Revolutionary period, First Amendment topics, and separation of powers.

Monroe H. Freedman Professor of Law

A.B., Harvard University LL.B., Harvard University LL.M., Harvard University Monroe Freedman has received the American Bar Association’s highest award for professionalism, in recognition of “a lifetime of original and influential scholarship in the field of lawyers’ ethics.” Professor Ronald Rotunda has written, “If we had to pick the one person who first created modern legal ethics as a serious academic specialty, it would be Monroe Freedman.”

Leon Friedman Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law

A.B., LL.B., Harvard University After graduation from Harvard Law School, Professor Friedman worked for the New York City law firm of Kaye Scholer, Fierman Hays & Handler. He left the firm when his play, The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald , was produced on Broadway and was later made into a television movie.

Scott Fruehwald Professor of Legal Writing

B.A., J.D, University of Louisville M.A., University of North Carolina Ph.D., City University of New York LL.M., S.J.D., University of Virginia Before coming to Hofstra Law School, Mr. Fruehwald taught legal writing, appellate advocacy, legislation, advanced civil procedure, jurisprudence, and legal ethics at the law schools of the University of Alabama and Roger Williams University. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Louisville School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review.

Linda Galler Professor of Law

B.A., Wellesley College J.D., Boston University LL.M., New York University Professor Galler teaches courses in individual income taxation, corporate taxation, international taxation, and ethics in federal tax practice. Prior to joining the Hofstra faculty, Professor Galler practiced tax law with Shearman & Sterling and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York City.

Mitchell Gans Steven A. Horowitz Distinguished Professor of Tax Law

B.B.A., J.D., Hofstra University Before joining the Hofstra faculty, Professor Gans had been an associate in the Tax and Trust and Estates Departments at the New York City law firm of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett and law clerk to Associate Judge Jacob D. Fuchsberg, New York State Court of Appeals. He is an Academic Fellow at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Elizabeth M. Glazer Associate Professor of Law

B.A., University of Pennsylvania M.A., University of Pennsylvania J.D., University of Chicago Elizabeth M. Glazer, an Associate Professor of Law at Hofstra University Law School and the Co-director of the Hofstra LGBT Rights Fellowship, received B.A. and M.A. degrees in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001. Professor Glazer received a J.D. in 2004 from the University of Chicago, while serving as a member of the Law Review.

Daniel J.H. Greenwood Professor of Law

A.B., Harvard College J.D., Yale Law School Daniel J. H. Greenwood, Professor of Law, came to Hofstra from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, where he held the position of S.J. Quinney Professor of Law. He received his A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard College and pursued graduate studies in political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for two years.

John DeWitt Gregory Sidney and Walter Siben Distinguished Professor of Family Law

B.A., Howard University J.D., Harvard University Professor Gregory, a former vice dean of the Law School, teaches primarily in the areas of matrimonial and family law. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute, and served as an adviser to the Institute's Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations.

Joanna L. Grossman Professor of Law

B.A., Amherst College J.D., Stanford University Professor Grossman joined the Hofstra faculty in 1999 and became the Associate Dean for Faculty Development in 2004. She has also taught as an associate professor at Tulane Law School and as a visiting professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Frank Gulino Assistant Professor of Legal Writing

B.A., New York University J.D., Fordham University Frank Gulino is a graduate of New York University (B.A. 1976) and Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 1979). At Fordham, he was Managing Editor of the FORDHAM URBAN LAW JOURNAL and the author of Legal Duty to the Unborn Plaintiff: Is There A Limit?, 6 FORDHAM URB. L.J. 217 (1978).

Grant M. Hayden Professor of Law

B.A., M.A., University of Kansas J.D., Stanford University Professor Hayden received his law degree with distinction from Stanford Law School and holds a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and a Master of Arts in art history from the University of Kansas. At Kansas, he taught the history of Western art and led efforts to organize the graduate teaching assistants into a collective bargaining unit.

Lisa Hershman Assistant Clinical Professor of Law

B.A.,University of Pennsylvania J.D., New York University M.S.W., New York University Professor Hershman holds advanced degrees in both law and social work. Both skill sets inform her work as a mediator specializing in family disputes.

James E. Hickey, Jr. Professor of Law

B.S., University of Florida J.D., University of Georgia Ph.D., University of Cambridge (Jesus College) Professor Hickey has practiced law with two Washington, D.C., law firms in the areas of international law, law of the sea, federal energy and natural resources law, antitrust law and administrative law. He has taught a general course in public international law at Cambridge University.

Susan H. Joffe Assistant Professor of Legal Writing

B.A., Herbert H. Lehman College (CUNY) M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook J.D., Hofstra University Susan Joffe joins the faculty as an assistant professor of legal writing. Professor Joffe earned her law degree with distinction from Hofstra University School of Law, where she graduated first in her class and served as articles editor of the Law Review.

Lawrence W. Kessler Richard J. Cardali Distinguished Professor of Trial Advocacy

B.A., J.D., Columbia University Professor Kessler is a national expert in the field of trial advocacy training. He is the director of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy's Master Advocates' Program, the co-director of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy's Northeast Regional Program, and a team leader and teacher in Advocacy Teacher Training and Trial Advocacy courses at law schools and agencies throughout the country.

Stefan Krieger Professor of Law and Director Emeritus of Clinical Programs

B.A., University of Chicago J.D., University of Illinois Following law school, Professor Krieger served as a law clerk to Judge Hubert L. Will, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in Chicago. He was a staff attorney at the West Side Office of Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago from 1977 to 1979.

Julian Ku Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Development

B.A., Yale University J.D., Yale Law School Professor Ku teaches international, constitutional, and corporate law subjects. His main research interest is the intersection of international and domestic law.

Katrina Fischer Kuh Associate Professor of Law

B.A., Yale College J.D., Yale Law School Katrina Fischer Kuh graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1997 and returned to Yale for law school, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law and Policy Review. After graduating from the Yale Law School in 2002, Professor Kuh served as a law clerk to Judge Charles S. Haight of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (2002-2003) and Judge Diana Gribbon Motz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2003-2004).

Eric Lane Eric J. Schmertz Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Public Service

B.A., Brown University M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook J.D., Fordham University LL.M., New York University Professor Lane is the Eric J. Schmertz Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Public Service at Hofstra University School of Law. He is the coauthor with Michael Oreskes, managing editor for U.S. news for the Associated Press, of The Genius of America: How the Constitution Saved the Country and Why It Can Again and two additional books with the Honorable Abner J. Mikva, The Legislative Process and An Introduction to Statutory Interpretation and Legislative Process.

Theo Liebmann Clinical Professor and Director of Hofstra Clinical Programs

B.A., Yale University J.D., Georgetown University Professor Liebmann has directed the interdisciplinary Hofstra Child Advocacy Clinic since its inception. In his capacity as Attorney-in-Charge, he supervises law students and mental health trainees working together to advocate on behalf of youth involved in the immigration and child welfare legal systems.

Malachy T. Mahon Siggi B. Wilzig Distinguished Professor of Banking Law

B.A., Manhattan College J.D., Fordham University Professor Mahon is a former law clerk to Justice Tom C. Clark, Supreme Court of the United States. After practicing law in New York City, he taught at Fordham Law School, served as chief counsel to the New York State Governor's Special Committee on Criminal Offenders, and then as the founding Dean of the Hofstra School of Law from 1968 to 1973.

Serge Martinez Associate Clinical Professor of Law

B.A., Brigham Young University J.D., Yale Law School Professor Martinez has directed the Community and Economic Development Clinic since its inception in Spring 2007. In his capacity as attorney-in-charge, he supervises law students providing transactional legal assistance to nonprofits, community-based organizations and microenterprises in low-income communities in and around Nassau County.

Camille Nelson Professor of Law

B.A., University of Toronto LLB., University of Ottawa School of Law LLM., Columbia University Prior to joining the Hofstra Law community,Professor Nelson taught at Saint Louis University School of Law and served as a visiting professor at Washington University in Saint Louis School of Law, where she taught Contracts and Criminal Law. She wasthe Dean’s Distinguished Scholar in Residence.

Richard K. Neumann, Jr. Professor of Law

B.A., Pomona College Dipl., University of Stockholm J.D., American University LL.M., Temple University At Hofstra, Professor Neumann has taught Contracts; Transactional Lawyering; Civil Procedure; Legal Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation; Pretrial Litigation; Legal Writing; Federal Courts; Trial Techniques; and clinical courses.Professor Neumann is the author of a textbook, Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing and the co-author of two others: Essential Lawyering Skills (with Professor Krieger) and Legal Writing (Professor Sheila Simon of Southern Illinois University).

Ashira Ostrow Associate Professor of Law

B.A., University of Pennsylvania J.D., Columbia Law School Professor Ostrow teaches courses in Property, State and Local Government Law and Real Estate Law. Her research focuses on issues of state and local government, with an emphasis on local land use regulation.

Curtis Pew Associate Clinical Professor and Attorney-in-Charge, Securities Arbitration Clinic

B.A., Tulane University M.P.P.A., University of Wisconsin J.D., George Washington University Associate Professor Curtis Pew directs the Hofstra Securities Arbitration Clinic. The Clinic commenced operation during the summer of 2006.

Alan N. Resnick Benjamin Weintraub Distinguished Professor of Bankruptcy Law

B.S., Rider College J.D., Georgetown University LL.M., Harvard University Alan N. Resnick has taught in the bankruptcy, corporate reorganization, commercial law and contracts areas for more than 30 years. He served as interim dean of the Law School in 2004-2005, and as associate dean from 1979 to 1981.

James J. Sample Assistant Professor of Law

B.A., Boston College J.D., Columbia University Prior to joining the Hofstra Law faculty, James Sample served as counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, litigating, publishing and engaging in public advocacy related to issues of campaign finance, voting rights and judicial independence. He is among the leading national experts on campaign spending in judicial elections and on the topic of judicial recusal.

Andrew Schepard Director of the Center for Children, Families and the Law and Professor of Law

B.A., City College of New York M.A., Columbia University J.D., Harvard University Professor Schepard is a 1972 graduate of Harvard Law School, where he served as Articles Editor of the Harvard Law Review, served as a Law Clerk to former Chief Judge James L. Oakes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Professor Schepard is the editor of the Family Court Review and the author of Children, Courts and Custody: Interdisciplinary Models for Divorcing Families (Cambridge University Press 2004).

Norman I. Silber Professor of Law

B.A., Washington University M.A., Ph.D., Yale University J.D., Columbia University Professor Silber teaches and writes in areas that relate to consumer law, commercial law, legal history and nonprofit corporations. He joined the Hofstra law faculty in 1989, after practicing with the New York City law firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, and serving as a law clerk to Judge Leonard I. Garth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Ronald H. Silverman Peter S. Kalikow Distinguished Professor of Real Estate Law

B.A., University of Michigan J.D., University of Chicago Professor Silverman has taught law since 1970, first at Syracuse University and since 1975 at Hofstra, where he currently teaches property law, real estate transactions, land use regulation, and state and local government. He has also served as staff counsel to the Illinois Division of the American Civil Liberties Union, practiced business and corporate law for several years, and has been a member of the research staff of the American Bar Foundation.

Roy D. Simon, Jr. Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics

B.A., Williams College J.D., New York University Roy Simon is the Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of legal ethics at Hofstra University School of Law and is the director of Hofstra's Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics. He graduated from Williams College (B.A., 1973) and N.Y.U. School of Law (J.D., 1977), where he was editor-in-chief of the N.Y.U. Law Review.

Barbara Stark Professor of Law

B.A., Cornell University J.D., New York University LL.M., Columbia University Barbara Stark received a B.A. from Cornell, cum laude, a J.D. from NYU, and an LL.M. from Columbia. She has published more than 50 chapters and articles in the California and UCLA law reviews and the Yale, Stanford, Virginia, Vanderbilt and Michigan journals of international law, among others.

Amy R. Stein Professor of Legal Writing, Assistant Dean for Adjunct Instruction and Coordinator of the Legal Writing Program

B.A., Tufts University J.D., Fordham University Amy R. Stein served as the director of continuing legal education at Touro Law Center prior to coming to Hofstra Law School. Ms. Stein is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law, where she was an articles and book reviews editor of the Fordham International Law Journal.

Rose Cuison-Villazor Associate Professor of Law

B.A., University of Texas J.D., American University Washington College of Law LL.M., Columbia University Professor Villazor comes to Hofstra Law from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law where she taught property, immigration law and an advanced citizenship seminar. While at SMU, she organized a colloquium on law and citizenship, which she will continue at Hofstra Law beginning the fall of 2010.

Vern R. Walker Professor of Law

B.A., University of Detroit M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame J.D., Yale University Prior to joining the Hofstra faculty, Professor Walker was a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Swidler & Berlin. His practice included representation before state and federal administrative agencies and before courts on judicial review of agency actions.

Lauris Wren Associate Clinical Professor and Attorney-in-Charge of the Political Asylum Clinic

B.A., Williams College J.D., Columbia University Law School Lauris Wren, a Williams College and Columbia University Law School graduate, started the Political Asylum Clinic at Hofstra University School of Law. Through the Political Asylum Clinic, students represent applicants for asylum – people who have fled their countries because of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.

Michelle M. Wu Associate Dean for Information Services, Director of the Law Library, and Professor of Law

B.A., University of California at San Diego J.D., California Western School of Law M. Libr., University of Washington After completing both law and library studies, Professor Wu worked at The George Washington University's law library in various capacities. During her tenure there, she published articles on government contracting law, served as vice president of the Law Library Society of the District of Columbia, and co-taught Advanced Legal Research.

[edit] Notable alumni

David Paterson, '83, current Governor of New York and former Lieutenant Governor and minority leader of the New York State Senate.
Maryanne Trump Barry United States Court of Appeals.
Norman Elliot Kent, Publisher, NationalGayNews.com.
Judge John J. Farley, III, JD, '73. Judge of the original United States Court of Veterans Appeals.
Charles Kushner, noted billionaire real estate developer.
Alan Lebovitz Prominent Real Estate Attorney in New York City.
Neil Levin, former Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He was killed during the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Randy Levine, '80. Senior Counsel-Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, LLP. Current President of the New York Yankees.
Mary Matalin, Political consultant for the Republican Party, Advisor to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney . (attended but did not graduate).
Robert O. Muller, JD, '74, was awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for his roles as co-founder of International Campaign to Ban Landmines.
Roland Nicholson, Board member of the Fortune Society, A prisoner's rights organization.
Steve Otis, Mayor of the City of Rye, N.Y. having been elected on November 4, 1997 and reelected twice, in 2001 and 2005.
Rhona Silver, owner/operator of the Huntington Townhouse, (Huntington, N.Y.) the largest catering facility in the United States.
Jeffrey S. Sunshine, currently an Acting Supreme Court Justice, (NY). He was first appointed to the Family Court in 1998.
Thomas C. Wales, '79, assassinated federal prosecutor.
Perry Weitz, founder of the leading plaintiff's law firm Weitz & Luxenberg.
Brandon Jon Bonzheim, noted political scientist and tax scholar.
Neal Hendel, appointed to the Supreme Court of Israel

[edit] External links

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